Device for treating seeds.



PATENTED- DEC. 12, 1905.

W. S. SMITH.

DEVICE FOR TREATING SEEDS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12,1905.

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WILLIAM S. SMITH, OF LANGDON, NORTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE FOR TREATING SEEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 12, 1905.

Application filed June 12, 1905. Serial No. 264,912.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LVVILLIAM S. SMITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Langdon, in the county of Cavalier and State of NorthDakota, have invented a new and useful Device for Treating Seed, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for treating seeds of various kindsprevious to planting for destroying deleterious germs and other harmfulobjects or growths.

With these and other objects in view, which will appear as the nature ofthe invention is better understood, the same consists in certain novelfeatures of construction, as hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andin which corresponding parts are denoted by like designating characters,is illustrated the preferred form of embodiment of the invention capableof carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood thatthe invention is not necessarily limited thereto, as various changes inthe shape, proportions, and general assemblage of the parts may beresorted to without departing from the principle of the invention orsacrificing any of its advantages.

in the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvedapparatus in operative Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation withthe seed-receptacle in discharging position in full lines and indraining position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of theimplement employed for skimming the floating particles of foreign matterfrom the liquid solution.

The improved device comprises a tank 10 for the compound or solution, ofany required size and of any suitable material, but preferably of woodlined with zinc, galvanized iron,

copper, or other material, as at 11, which willresist the action of thesolution, and with handles 12 for carrying from place to place. Disposedwithin the receiving-tank. 10 is a receptacle 13 for the seed to betreated, having inclined ends 14 15 and perforated bottom 16 and hinged,as at 17, at one end to one end of the receiving-tank. Swinging, as by ahinge 18, from the free end of the receptacle 13 is an arm or lever 19,which serves the two purposes of a means for elevating the receptacleinto a draining or discharging position, as represented, respectively,in dotted lines and by full lines in Fig. 2, and also as a prop tosupport the receptacle in its partially-elevated position when thecontents are to be drained, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 2. To

.this end the free end of the arm 19 is pointed to enter the earth, asrepresented at 20, to prevent slipping and also to permit the arm to beset at any desired point to control the degree of inclination of thereceptacle. When not in use, the arm 19 lies lengthwise of thereceptacle and tank, as in Fig 1.

Attached at opposite sid es'of the tank member 10 are spaced guides 2223 and 24 25, with keepers 26 27, respectively, at the upper ends of theguides, and engaging these keepers and bearing between the guides-arethe ends of a U-shaped member 28 to form a stop to limit the movement ofthe receptacle 13 and hold the same in partly-overturned position, asshown in full lines in Fig. 2, while the contents are discharged. Bythis simple arrangement by placing the solution which is to be'employedfor treating the seed in the tank 10 and placing the seed in thereceptacle 13, with the latter lowered into the tank, the seed will bethoroughly saturated with the solution and the deleterious germs orother harmful matter or growth destroyed, and when the action iscompleted the receptacle is elevated into the position shown by dottedlines in Fig. 2 by drawing it upward with the pull rod or lever 19 andarranging the same as a prop until the seeds are thoroughly drained,when the receptacle is partly overturned for resting on the stop member28, and thus discharging the treated seeds over the end of the tank, theinclined ends of the receptacle facilitating the discharging action andpreventing the saturated seeds from lodging in the receptacle.

Any of the various seedssuch as wheat, corn, oats, rye, or the like,which are liable to be affected by smut or other deleterious germs orharmful objects or growths, or po-' tato-seed, which are subject to scabor other similar growthsmay be treated effectually and in any requiredquantities or for any required length of time. Any of the varioussolutions or compounds usually employed may be used, as will be obvious.

Some kinds of grain contain light foreign matter, which will float uponthe solution within the receptacle l3, and for the purpose of removingsuch material a skimming implement 29 is provided, as in Fig. 3.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. In a deviceof the class described, a re- IIO ceiving-tank for the solution, areceptacle for the product and adapted for seating in said receiver andprovided with a perforated bottom, said receptacle hinged to saidreceiver for swingingfrom the same, and an arm hinged to the free end ofsaid receptacle and swinging therefrom, and serving as a pull-rod toelevate the receptacle and as a prop to support the same inpartly-overturned position.

2. In a device of the class described, a receiving-tank for thesolution, a receptacle for the product and adapted for seating in saidreceiver and provided With a perforated bottom, said receptacle hingedto said receiver W WILLIAM S. SMITH.

itnesses:

I. W. POTTER, A. K. WHEELER.

